Doggy Dentist Trip

We finally did it!! We took the dogs to the vet to get their teeth cleaned. We try to keep up with brushing their teeth but because we adopted Manny so old and his teeth are so little, he ended up with a lot of plaque build up and we were sure some of his poor teeth were starting to rot (at least that's what it smelled like)

Manny's Before Pictures

 Yuck!! Poor Boy!

Buffy's Before Picture

She's not as bad because we adopted her when she was an older puppy.














And Manny's after pictures. Poor boy had to get 3 teeth removed.

His missing teeth :(















And Buffy's after shot

Yay! Clean teethies!
















I went and picked them up from the vet and they were still in the awkward stage of sleepiness but excited to see me.

Awww cute puppies!




















All over it needed to get done... Bad! Especially for Manny and his health. Even though he's missing some teeth now, it's for the better. They are both back to normal, eating right again, and are currently chewing on some raw hides!

Fall Break Fun!

Finally!!! Last week was fall break and I got a whole week away from school; it was amazing :) Justin's parents came and visited us from Wednesday night to Saturday night. We had so much fun together. On Thursday and Friday, we spent time around here in Cedar and St George. Justin had to get a few inspections done in St George so Justin's parents and myself were able to catch up with Justin's cousin, Gary and see their new baby. On Saturday we went back down to St George and spent time in Snow Canyon with Ryan and Justin's parents. Snow Canyon is beautiful and I want to go back and hike all the trails with Justin!

We went to the outlook of Snow Canyon first and ate some lunch.

Then we all piled into our Subaru and went into the park. We borrowed Gary's all park pass to get it!

We hiked a few trails and it was really cool because most of the trails were sand and rocks. Felt very adventurous :)

The first trail we took was Jenny's Canyon. It was a very easy trail that was short, but the view inside the canyon was beautiful. It's so amazing the different creations that are out in nature.

The next trail we went one was the Three Ponds trail. We tried to find the 3 ponds only to find out it was a seven mile trail. We gave up about half way through... it was so hot and sandy and yeah... I wanted to go to Mesquite.

The boys thought they would be funny and make of video of their "journey" up the mountain.

 

Yeah that's the trail! Good Luck! 

 After we finished hiking we went back to Gary's house and picked up him and traveled the 30 minutes to Mesquite for an evening of fun. I really love going there! Justin and I can spend and evening by ourselves or with friends cheaper than we can in Cedar. We aren't big gamblers and don't play the slots or the tables too often, even if we do.. it's only a couple of dollars. I really love playing bingo with everyone. The quiet but tense atmosphere.... Oh man I love it! 

I was so close!!

 Justin won a $100! Yay! That got put right into savings for a very special purpose.

We now have a lovely collection of bingo markers! I have to bring them in a caddy like all the super hard core bingo people. I love bingo!! 

So there it is... my fall break!  

Mesquite Trip!!

Every day I am grateful that Justin and I had the opportunity to move to Cedar! We have been so blessed since we have moved here. One the blessing (well if you can call it a blessing) is being so close to places that we can visit and spend time with each other away from work and school. We are so close to Las Vegas and Mesquite and all the excitement that comes with those places. Justin and I had an impromptu trip to Mesquite on Friday. Justin was suppose to work at the hospital all weekend, until he read the wrong week, so we had Friday free! Yay! We went with our friends Nicole and Dustin, had fun in the Casino, spent the night, and enjoyed the buffet!

We arrived about 5:30 and ate dinner at the Buffet. Friday night was their seafood buffet. I despise seafood so I don't like Justin eat it often around me, but I figured I would be nice and let him have his fill. Our friends arrived about 6:30 and we all checked in and started our evening. Dustin found a deal where if we bought a hotel room we got $25 of free slot play. We all got a free $5 just for opening a players card. We didn't spend too much of our money, which is always great :) After walking around the casino trying to figure out where to get our cards, we got our money. Justin and I like the play the slots, a couple dollars at a time. Nicole and Dustin played the tables. Nicole played roulette for the first time :)

We love to play the penny slots!

Yay! I won 30 free games :)

There's my snazzy card! I even got it on a stretchy lanyard.

Yay I won 117 credits... well $1.17 :)

$2.00! Be jealous

Ahhh Nicole!!

At 9 we went to Virgin River and played a round of Bingo. This is something I've always wanted to do since we moved here. I got my first bingo marker and attempted to play 6 boards at once.

Here goes nothing!

 Man I was so close!

Justin wanted to use the electric one. It stamped it for him.

Dustin won a round, but he won it with a few other people so his portion wasn't too big. But he still beat us!

Since we were official card carrying members, we got to swipe and spin a spinner and win a prize. Nicole won a cocktail. She decided on a Shirley Temple. I know I know.. So adventitious :)

Oh look, my finger is in the picture!

By the time we got back from bingo it was after 10. Our free play money was finally loaded to the card. Justin and I went around to the different slot machines. We played for about 2 hours and made back almost all of the $25 dollars they gave us :) I was proud of us!

 Yeah.... It was getting late by the time we took this!

 Yay!!

 Justin was pretending to play the slots!

Realized I had a dollar left on my account that would of disappears by midnight, so I quickly used it up and made 3 bucks.


















We all stayed up till midnight so we could spin the wheel again. I got a dollar off at the local coffee shop and Justin won a cocktail. Woot!

It was such a fun weekend! I was so glad to get away and just spend some time with friends and Justin.